A doctor who repeatedly raped a girl from when she was 10 to when she was 12 was kicked out of the profession today.
Dr Stephen Hamilton, 47, raped the girl repeatedly from 2007 to 2009, strangling her until she passed out on one occasion and telling her ‘You deserve to f*****g die.’
And Hamilton, described as ‘gross’ and ‘despicable’ was struck off today by a Fitness to Practise panel, after appealing a May 2013 conviction for 13 child sex offences.
‘The panel has determined that Dr Hamilton’s convictions represent a reckless disregard for the standards and principles that the public rightly expect from anyone, not just a doctor,’ said panel chairman John Donnelly.
‘Dr Hamilton’s convictions are not just a ‘falling short’ of expected standards but are fundamentally incompatible with continued registration.
‘There is a complete absence of remorse and insight.’
Hamilton, once described as a ‘very good GP’, worked at Heaton Medical Centre in Bolton and is currently serving an 18-year sentence at Garth Prison in Lancashire.
His victim, who reported the abuse in 2011, was praised in court for her ‘strength of character’ and ‘moral fibre’ during Hamilton’s trial, in which the now-former doctor denied the charges.
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